News - GPEI
11/02/2016
Iraq Introduces Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine

In the face of considerable security challenges, Iraq has introduced the inactivated poliovirus vaccine into its routine immunization system...

01/02/2016
TAG optimistic of Pakistan progress on polio

"We still have areas that could risk it all," cautions chair

31/01/2016
“We Are So Close To Success”

At the end of four years as Director of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, Dr Hamid Jafari reflects on twenty years of experience, the...

29/01/2016
Learning From Experience

How lessons learned from the polio programme and the people at the heart of the system are strengthening routine immunization in Nigeria.

29/01/2016
Executive Board Meets in Geneva

Recognising both progress and remaining challenges, member states renew commitment to polio eradication at the 2016 Executive Board meeting....

27/01/2016
Syria achieves polio milestone

2 years without a reported case

13/01/2016
Today india celebrates…

21/12/2015
India Introduces the Inactivated Polio Vaccine

The Health Minister recognised state governments, partners and frontline health workers in achieving this step towards securing a polio-free...

21/12/2015
US Government approves US$ 228 Million in Funds for Polio Eradication

The US Congress has approved a total of US$ 228 million for the 2016 federal budget to support global polio eradication efforts in continuat...

18/12/2015
Stopping vaccine-derived polioviruses

With four months to go until the global switch from trivalent to bivalent oral polio vaccine, we are nearing an important milestone in the j...

16/12/2015
Another year, another step closer to a polio-free world

Progress in 2015 has laid the groundwork for a final push towards a polio-free world.

10/12/2015
HOPE Awards

United Arab Emirates and Bill Gates Honor those Working to Stop Polio

03/12/2015
Rotary Recognises Ireland for its Contribution to Eradicating Polio

Government officials from Ireland honoured

30/11/2015
Commonwealth Leaders and Polio Survivors Unite for Polio-Free World

Leaders from Malta, Canada, Nigeria, Pakistan and UK, UN Secretary-General and Commonwealth Secretary-General Designate call for one last pu...

26/11/2015
Determination to Cross the Finish Line

Programme improvements and innovations in 2015 have brought us closer to ending polio in Pakistan – but the road ahead is rough.

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